Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-10-17
TERMS---s?. 90 PER YEAR.

| bic in her lower mbs. but retained fuu
possession Of her faculties. Savage pho
| ;ographed her when she was 100 years
and Is days old. Father Wilding lived
| to be lO2 He walked down town every
week 10 be shaved. and could get
around on his feet in quite lively
manner Both died during the last
| twelve months.
AtOgdsu several local old people join
ed the throng. There were two or three
couples over 80 from the junction city,
Only thirty or forty Of the octogena-
rians were so feeble that they had to be
assisted. and only two were blind.
Fifty young folks had been provided
with tickets, and were supposed to
look after the feeble. A few weak and
faded old gents had to be carried into
and out of the cars, but the rule was
that the older the subject the greater
was his OF her ambition to appear as
youthful as tins youngest in the party.
They promenaded the park, listened to
the music, danced, ate cake and drank
wine, and received new vigor and fresh
nees from the days sport Several
hundred dollars worth of presents were
distributed, and James BurgOu, OF
Union Fort at the south end of Sala
Lake City. took the prize for being the
oldest person present He is 90. and
expects to live ten or twenty years
longer. The presents always consists
of silk handkerchiefs, walking sticks.
rocking chairs, blankets, and articles
of this description, together with mon
ey. NJ. Burgon received tho finest pair
of blankets ever woven in Utah. Every
body over 80 gets walking stick. and
the old ladies have the days of their
bellehood recalled by gifts Of handsome
dress patterns.
There are probably one hundred
more individuals in this vicinity who
are over IS years of age. Miss Tafts.
who is Sc, is not mentioned, neither is
Miss Sarah Whitney, who is S5, and
still speaks three languages, plays the
piano, and retains others of her girlish
accompl shments. There are many too
feeble to get out who did not partici-
pate in the Ogden excursion. Then,
too, there are large numbers in exceed
ingly good circumstances who do not
mingle with the common herd of Octo-
genarians. Some of the ablest Nor
mons are in their eighties. There Is
Judge Elias Smith, born in 1904. who
would still be on the bench IL the Ed
munds poygsmy act had not disfran-
chised him and made him ineligible to
hold Office. He was appointed chief
justice of Salt Lake county by Brigham
Young when the state of Deseret was
formed. and he held that until
1882. A chief justiceship in this
connection amounts to about the
same thing as county judgeship. In
the Deseret scheme of government
every county had chief justice, who
sat with two associate justices, Judge
Smith is now 49, but he hobbies around.
and can draw up brief or make an
argument as we'll to-day as the brightest
young member of the bar. Erastus
Snow, one Of the twelve apostles, Is in
his SEVENTEEN year. and has been un-
derground for some time. He had
narrow escape from the deputy mar
shals in February last, of which shall
write later. Henry Grow, in his
seventy first year, is serving a six
months term in the penitentiary for
unlawful cohabtation. He has several
wives, Joseph C. Kingsbury. of the
tithing Office, is in his eighty-first year.
And so on enumerating and naming
these old codgers, but it would make q
list almost as large as city directory.
so l will stop. and merely say that
polygamy. tithe- paying and revelation
seem to be conducive to longevity, at
least in Salt Lake valley. must men,
ton, however, that one of the greatest
business men of the country, Horace b.
Eldredge. who is at the head Of the CO.
op. as the q. c. NJ. L.. which does q
business of S3.OOO,OO to 81. 900. 900 q
year. is II. and Wilfred Woodruff.
president of the twelve apostles, who,
il precedent is followed. will be chosen
as John Taylor's successor to the first
presidency Of the Mormon church, Is
81, and one of the most successful un-
dergrounders. He has six or seven
wives. and the United States marshal
has been after him for two years. !
: was so close to him the other day that
! the ink with which he had written his
signature was not yet dry, but that sup
, pose is as near as the United States mar.
shall or any of his deputies will ever get
to him.